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Pictured are Junior Infants of Lusk National School, Finn Moore and Megan Daly, as they demonstrate their skills onone of the new laptops at the school to Junior Minister for Education, Ciaran Cannon. See story on page 3

Court ClosuresCondemnedThe decision to close down the District Courtsin Swords and Balbriggan, is one that is beingwidely criticised from all sides in the county.It is one that is likely to have severe conse-quences, not only for court users, but thewider local economy also.The rationale given is to maintain the efficientadministration of justice, without impacting onaccess to justice. TheDublin Solicitors BarAssociation believesthat neither aim willbe achieved by theclosure of thesuburban DistrictCourts. On a verybasic level, theproposed closure ofthe suburban Courtsdoes not makeeconomic sense.The County Leader asked two leading solici-tors from the affected areas, about how theysaw the consequences of the impendingclosures, which are due to take effect inJanuary next.Laura Shannon is a partner in Vincent ShannonSolicitors in Swords, and Donogh McGowan, aleading Balbriggan solicitor, are bothmembers of the Dublin Solicitors BarAssociation (DSBA). They were both scathingin their criticism of the development, and theknock-on effect it will have on the localcommunity.Shannon said, “This makes a huge differencefor people needing to access family law. Thiswill be moved from Swords to Dolphin House inthe city centre, which is a huge inconvenience.My experience is that there are five courts here,with two for childcare, and the others dealingwith cases similar to Swords, like guardianship,access, maintenance, barring orders. So, eachof these courts will have 16 to 18 cases listed at10.30am every day. If they move Swords inthere, it is likely that people will have to makethe trip into town, which will take about 90minutes. This means people having to organisechildcare as well as waiting for hours in DolphinHouse, where their case may be adjourned atthe end of the day, necessitating a returnanother day,” she said.“The Courts Service are saying that the move isto improve facilities. There are no consultation

rooms in Swords, but in Dolphin House thereare four consultation rooms, but there may wellbe up to 120 people waiting in the main room.Another problem is that a case involving a child,which is always very important, may beadjourned for another day, or for a report. Whenyou return, a different judge may be sitting, so ithas to go back for the attention of the originaljudge. The situation in Swords and Balbriggan,is that the same judge is there nearly all of thetime and this can make life a lot easier, by beingable to process applications more efficiently,”she said.McGowan was in agreement and he spokeabout the difficulties for people from Balbrigganin particular, to access court services. He said,“The closures do not achieve a financial benefitfor the state and they will, we believe result inincreased expenditure for a poorer service,when you consider the increased costs for theGardai, loss of Garda time and the increased

costs and inconve-nience for courtusers.”He continued, “Inaddition, the closureswill reduce access tojustice for the users ofthe District Courtsystem, many of whomare the most vulner-able in society, such assingle mothers

seeking maintenance for their children, who willhave to attend the court office in the city centreto apply for legal aid. They then have to appearin court on at least one more occasion. Continued on page 17

Huge Balbriggan DrainageProject UnderwayIrish Water recentlysigned a contract withJons Civil Engineering,to construct the newpumping station atthe Dublin RoadRoundabout inB a l b r i g g a n .Construction work onthe new pumpingstation commencedlast week, and is setto continue forapproximately 14months. The newpumping station willtransport effluentfrom Balbriggan andSkerries, to be treated

in the new plantlocated atBarnageeragh, and isset to cause majortraffic restriction forthe duration.A meeting was held onWednesday 25th Junelast in BalbrigganTown Hall by affectedparties, to discuss atraffic managementplan, for the durationof the constructionworks. Other issueswere discussed withlocal people, whose

businesses will beseverely impacted.The meeting wasattended by CountyCouncil officials andthe contractor, andwas chaired by localcouncillor, TonyMurphy.Frank exchanges werethe order of the day,as the contractor andengineers from theCouncil, were quizzedabout how best thishuge, but necessaryproject could be deliv-ered, with the leastimpact on business inBalbriggan.Many business peoplefeared that the restric-tions will mean that, insome cases, there is areal possibility thatbusiness in the townwill be lost forever, asshoppers mayabandon the town insearch of shopping inother locations.Balbriggan Chamberof Commerce member,Kevin Tolan spoke to

the County Leaderabout the concerns forlocal business. Hesaid, “The reality isthat there is no trafficplan in place, andthere appears to be a‘suck it and see’ atti-tude to the problem.We are anxious tomake sure that anyplan is ‘town friendly’as opposed to‘contractor friendly’.The workers are nowat the Church round-about and everyone iswondering whatexactly is going on.Hopefully this projectcan be completed assoon as possible. Thetown needs breathingspace, and this isgoing to choke it up.The business sector isconcerned that thismay turn out to be adisincentive forpeople to visit thetown, with trafficlights and contraflows in operation.”Continued on page 16

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use of energy at airportsand at home. The exhibi-tion was opened by DublinAirport Managing Director,Vincent Harrison whopraised the participantsworking so closely topromote energy aware-ness and to highlight thepractical things that canbe achieved at relativelylow cost. He said if peoplecould replicate the sort ofenergy savings they were

already achieving at homeinto the workplace, it waspossible to make a fargreater impact on energyconsumption in the work-place. “We have alreadymade massive savings toour energy consumptionand also to our waterusage. This year alone wehave reduced our waterusage by 35 per centthrough better manage-ment and maintenance.”Event organiser, StevieDonnelly said DublinAirport was committed toreducing energyconsumption by three percent per year to 2017.“This target will beachieved by a combina-tion of investment in tech-nical projects and theactive engagement ofstaff in energy saving asthey go about their day-to-day tasks. He said theexhibition was aimed at“keeping the momentumof this initiative going.”

Cakes For All At Naul Fundraiser Three charities are set tobenefit from a recentCake and Coffeefundraiser held at ClannMhuire GAA Club in Naul.The first-time event was agreat success, with awhopping €2,400 raisedfor the three worthycauses, namely the IrishWheelchair Association,local group RememberUs, and the LighthouseTrust Summer School.The organisers of the

cake sale and coffeemorning would like tothank all their family,friends, neighbours andclub members whoworked so hard to ensurethe event was a success.

Special mention to thechildren who createdcolourful rainbow loombracelets, the sale ofwhich made a significantcontribution to theamount raised.

Outgoing President of Rotary Club Of Dublin Fingal, Paul O’Reilly hands over the chainsof office to incoming President Andrea Molloy at a club summer barbecue in Donabatelast the weekend. Pic: Pat McGonagle

Pictured is County Mayor, Mags Murray as she hoists the Green Flag at St. Colmcille'sBNS, Swords on Monday last, 23rd of June. Also in the picture are members of theschool's Green Flag committee.

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The overwhelming localsupport for brave littleMolly McNally (5) fromBalbriggan, who isbattling Stage 4Neuroblastoma is reallycoming to the fore.Residents from allaround the North Countycame out in force tosupport two events heldlast week to raise fundsfor her vital treatments.Firstly in Malahide, aspecial golf classic wasorganised in the localgolf club, which was ahugely successful event.Thirty eight teamsplayed throughout theday, and over 100 people came out to show theirsupport, with every cent raised going towards Molly’scause. A great night was had by all, as celebrities JoeCuddy and Paddy Cole entertained the crowds,having played in the golf event earlier in the day.

Then in Balbriggan, local building company Wavinwere celebrating as they achieved three years withoutan accident, so to celebrate their good fortune, themanagement asked that the workforce choose a localgood cause to donate the €1000 award to, and they

kindly wanted to donateto Molly. Molly’s parents,Emma and Gerry met withsome of the Wavin staffto show their apprecia-tion and thanks, and gavethem an opportunity tomeet Molly as well. Fergal McGeough, WavinSite Operations Managersaid, “To achieve 1,000days without an accidentshows that everyone hascome together to estab-lish a safe working envi-ronment and in doing so,helped to raise afantastic sum of moneyfor The Molly McNallyMiracle Trust.”

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Pictured at the Golf Classic for the Molly McNally Miracle Trust at Malahide Golf Club onThursday last, 26th June are, Brian Johnston, singer Joe Cuddy, Danny Kenny and jazzmusician, Paddy Cole

BereavementGroup InMalahideMalahide BethanyBereavement Groupholds a supportmeeting for thebereaved every Mondaymorning at 10.30am inthe Parish Centre inMalahide. All thoseaffected by bereave-ment are welcome toattend.

Lusk School WinsPrestigious Competition

Last Wednesday, 25th June was a momentousone in the history of Lusk National School. Itwas the day that Junior Education Minister,Ciaran Cannon paid a visit, as a result of theschool being presented with 30 laptops by Intel.School principal, Paul Comiskey told the CountyLeader about the visit. He said, “The Intel e-schools competition was held recently. It was afollow-on from the Mini Science project that ourschool entered. We had 250 children, who didscience and other projects for the Mini Scientistcompetition. Intel came and judged the competi-tion. After that, there were 83 schools who

entered the e-school programme, which was towin a suite of computers, that would have acompletely wireless capability within the school- effectively a mobile computer classroom.”“Luckily, our school was the overall winner andour teacher, Muireann Kearney was theprogramme co-ordinator, and she deservesgreat credit for this. This is fantastic for theschool. We already have a computer room, butnow we have a mobile one, as these computersare attached to a docking station that can betransported around the school and charged atthe docking station, “ he said.As well as Minister Cannon, the event was alsoattended by Shelly Eske, Intel’s Director ofCorporate Affairs, who came especially fromUSA for the event. Both she and the Ministermet schoolchildren after the event.

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Kinsealy Principal RetiresAfter 28 YearsLast Thursday, 26th June was a redletter day for Scoil an Duinninigh inKinsealy, when the school principalretired after 28 years as principal.Bríd Nic Gearailt was the first andonly principal ofthe school, andshe spoke abouther years at theKinsealy school,with great fond-ness, at a celebra-tion Mass whichwas held in herhonour at theschool. A largeturnout of parentsand teachersattended the Mass,and the childrensang and playedbeautiful music for their retiringprincipal. Afterwards, she spoke tothe County Leader about her time atthe school. “This is a sad day for me,

but one which evokes somewonderful memories of the manyboys and girls, who passed throughthe school in that time. We startedoff with 17 pupils, and now we have

400, “she saidproudly.She also cited theopening of thenew school in2012 as a partic-ular highlight ofher time as prin-cipal, and shealso wished tothank the localcommunity andparents for theirw o n d e r f u lsupport over theyears. She does

not have particular projects topursue in her retirement, except to“travel a little and do a bit ofgardening,” she said.

Pictured is Bríd Nic Gearailt, who isretiring as principal of Scoil anDuinninigh in Kinsealy, after 28 yearsas principal

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Annual ShowFor RushSocietyRush and DistrictHorticultural Society’sannual show is onSaturday, 12th July inSt. Maur’s GAA inRush. Book your placein this year’s show inRush Library or in thecommunity centre. Allare welcome to attend.

Pictured is Paul Carroll from Wavin, presenting a cheque for €1,000 to Gerry McNallyand little Molly, for the Molly McNally Miracle Trust.


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RNLI Honours LocalVolunteersTwo local volunteers have been honoured by theRNLI at an awards ceremony that took place onSaturday, 21st June last. Tom McDermott fromSwords received a Certificate of Thanks for hiswork in the Dublin RNLI office and MaryCourtney from the Skerries RNLI lifeboat stationreceived an Inscribed Statuette. Tom is a truemaritime lover and has a passion for the work ofthe RNLI, being a member of the Howth Branch,before becoming a volunteer at the Dublinfundraising office.Tom makes a very valuable contribution to theoffice and the RNLI is extremely grateful for allhis support, while Mary served for almost a

decade as Skerries RNLI Lifeboat Press Officerbefore taking up a new role as LifeboatAdministration Officer in 2013. In her decadehandling the media for the station, she hascovered her fair share of stories, including opendays, fundraising events and rescues. She is arespected and valued member of the lifeboatcommunity.The Annual Presentation of Awards took place inthe Ballroom of Farmleigh House in PhoenixPark. It was a special occasion, as it also markedthe 190th anniversary of the charity that saveslives at sea and on inland waters. The awardsrecognise fundraising and operational volun-teers from across Ireland, for their role in raisingfunds and awareness for the RNLI and in doingso, supporting the volunteer lifeboat crews intheir work.

Pictured is Tom McDermott from Swords, as he receiveshis award from RNLI Chairman, Charles Hunter-Pease

Pictured is Mary Courtney from Skerries RNLI, as shereceives her award from RNLI Chairman, Charles Hunter-Pease

Two Swords Heroes Save Man’s LifeTwo local men played acentral role in savingthe life of man, whosuffered a heart attackin a bookies shop inSwords last week.The two heroes, DarrenLawlor, a securityguard and Ger Clarke, amanager both work inthe Pavilions ShoppingCentre in the town.They became involvedin the drama, when Gerdecided to go down toLadbrokes in the towncentre to place a bet.Darren, who lives inFoxwood in Swords,told the County Leaderabout how the dramaunfolded. “I was on mybreak and suddenly I

got a call overthe radio thatthere was arequest for adefibrillator forLadbrokes. Weare the nearestdefibrillator tothem. I immedi-ately ran to getthe defib andmade my way tothe bookiesshop. It was Gerwho made theurgent call.”However, furtherdrama was tounfold whenDarragh reached thestricken man. Heexplained, “I’m amember of St John’s

Ambulance and I imme-diately took over thecompressions fromGer, who had already

begun CPR . Then,after a minute orso, to my utterhorror and amaze-ment, I discoveredthat the man I wasattending to wasmy uncle Paddy.”Instead ofpanicking, Darrengot an adrenalinerush andcontinued toa d m i n i s t e rcompressions asfrantically aspossible, in aneffort to save thelife of his uncle.

Swords Fire Brigadethen arrived and tookover. They wereimpressed by what I

was doing, and urgedme to continue,” saidDarragh.Eventually, when theFire Brigade took over,the shock of the wholething hit Darragh andhe collapsed. Darraghpaid tribute to his workcolleague, Ger andsays that if it weren’tfor his quick thinkingin calling for the defib-rillator, then theoutcome for his uncle,would not be so good.

He was also full ofpraise for the actionsof the girls atLadbrokes, who werealso brilliant.Darragh is calling forschools to teach firstaid and for the FireBrigade Ambulanceservice to be main-tained in Swords.“Imagine if the ambu-lance service wastaken away fromSwords, it would be adisaster. There should

Pictured is Pavilions Shopping Centresecurity man, Darragh Lawlor, with thedefibrillator, which played a key role insaving the life of his uncle

Four TeachersRetire FromRush School At this time of the year, it isnot unusual to report onteachers retiring after a longspell of service to a particularschool. What is unusual,however, is to report on fourteachers retiring on the sameday, from the same school.That’s exactly what happenedat Rush National School onFriday last, 27th June, whenfour teachers decided to pullthe curtain down on theirteaching careers. FionnualaMcMahon, Eugene Aherne,Cora Sweetman and CamillaMcLoughlin, all served at theschool for 40 years. They

started at Rush NationalSchool in 1974, and they haveaccumulated an incredible 160years of service between them.School Principal, MorganDoran spoke to the CountyLeader about the impact oflosing such a valuable bank ofknowledge and experience inone go. He said, “We’re losingfour of our senior teachers, so

to lose 160 years of experiencewill be very difficult to replace.We will miss their unique char-acter, and they will be sorelymissed by pupils and teachersalike,” he said. A retirementparty was held in the school,after a special Mass at thelocal Church earlier in the day,which was attended by a largegathering.

Pictured are the four retiring teachers from Rush National School, CoraSweetman, Camilla McLoughlin, Eugene Aherne and Fionnuala McMahon

be defibrillators in asmany places aspossible, to avoid atragedy. They shouldbe on the main streetsof every town, just asthey are in Wexford,”said Darragh.Thankfully, Paddy isrecovering well inhospital, but if itwasn’t for the actionsof these two localheroes, there may wellhave been a totallydifferent outcome.

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Last week when I wrote of thescramble for members of thegroupings within parl iament,little did I think that Fianna Fail(FF) and their MEP Brian Crowley,would part ways. Crowley’s rela-tionship with the ALDE grouphas not been good sinceFF left the centre rightUEN group in 2009,which was joint lychaired by Crowley, tojoin the liberal focusedALDE group. Br ian’smove has now pushed theECR into third largest groupahead of ALDE. The three longestablished groups, the EPP,S&P and ALDE, formed a grandal l iance last week, whichensures a majority for Juncker asPresident of the Commission andMartin Schulz as President of theParliament. The question is what

has ALDE got. Could it be thatour old f r iend Ol l ie Rehn ofALDE, is lined up for the HighRepresentative Post to replaceLady Ashton?To get Juncker through, as thenominee for President of theCommission, has caused someproblems for the Heads ofStates. Since the Maastr ichtTreaty in 1992, Parliament hasheld a veto on the nominee forPresident of the Commission.The Lisbon Treaty changed theprocess, but it’s more cosmetic

than anything else. There isnow a requirement that

account be had of theoutcome of the EUElections in making thenomination.

The big task now is tofind a resolution of the

British concerns, not onlyabout Juncker’s suitability but

also the direction in which hemay take the EU. The concernsexpressed by David Cameron areshared by other PMs and i tseems some PMs have achieveda shift in the direction of thef iscal pol icy, which Junckerfavours.

A ClassicCarve Up OrWhat?

By Cathal Boland

Blind GolfOpenChampionshipAt RoganstownInternational golfers fromAustralia, Japan, SouthAfrica, Italy, Israel,Netherlands, Canada,Scotland and the UnitedKingdom, will join Irishgolfers at the Irish BlindGolf Open Championshipat Roganstown Golf Club.The championship, whichwill take place from July2nd to 5th, is beingstaged by the Irish BlindGolf Society and, in asso-ciation with Fingal CountyCouncil Sports. Thirty-three golfers across threesight categories willcompete, nine of whomare totally blind (B1 cate-gory) and 24 of whom arevisually impaired playersin categories B2 and B3.The four top ranked cate-gory B1 players, asdecided by theInternational Blind GolfAssociation, will play atRoganstown next month.The Irish Blind Golfsociety has just 22members, includinggolfers and their guides.Blind golf is a team effort.The guide assists withsetting up the golfer,making course manage-ment decisions, andwatching or describingthe shot played. Thegolfer then hits the ball.Members meet up andplay together about oncea month and the IBGSorganises training daysfor players. The CountyCouncil Sports also offersfree weekly classes inKinsealy.

Local TD Brendan Ryan (Lab), haswelcomed a response he has receivedfrom The Maxol Group regarding therun down shop front of their garage atthe entrance to Donabate Village.Ryan told the County Leader: “I wroteto the Chief Executive of the MaxolGroup registering my own concerns and

the concerns of many residents of theDonabate peninsula regarding the stateof disrepair of the Maxol garage at theentrance to Donabate village.The garage is in a strategiclocation and is the first shopfront locals and tourists alikesee when they enter Donabatevia the Hearse Road. In recentyears, the state of the shopfront fell into terrible disrepairand I believe projected aneglected look at the very entrance to Donabate Village.”Ryan continued: “I am delighted thatMaxol intend “major surgery” at thislocation in the not too distant future,

and have in fact applied for planningpermission for these works. The plan-ning permission is to knock down and

re-develop the site at a cost of€2 million. The Group’s planenvisages the Donabate servicestation to be its best develop-ment to date and will providelocal residents and visitors withfacilities that are “second tonone when it comes to convenience retailing.”

“Whilst the planning permission isunder consideration, Maxol will carry out minor temporary repairs tothe shop facia and will paint the front ofthe building. ”

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A RingingEndorsement ForBalbrigganThere was very good news for the North County,and Balbriggan in particular, with the news thatinvestors have shown a great interest in acquiringMillfield Shopping Centre in Balbriggan. This willbe interpreted as the clearest sign yet thatBalbriggan is open for business. The Balbrigganshopping centre is set to be sold, as part of Nama’ssale of Irish shopping centres and is part of ‘ProjectAcorn’, which also includes Blackpool ShoppingCentre in Cork and the Showgrounds Centre inClonmel. Initially there were 12 bidders for Acorn’sthree shopping centres, but this was eventuallyreduced to three international property groups.The fact that there were initially 12 internationalinvestors interested, is a clear indication that theyview Balbriggan as a place to do business. Thisnew development is seen as a ringing endorse-ment for Millfield and Balbriggan, as an area thatis attractive to developers. The progress made by

Millfield in the past few years, has not gone unno-ticed. With the largest Tesco supermarket in theRepublic of Ireland, of over 100,000 sq ft and two-thirds occupancy, the bidders view MillfieldShopping Centre as a viable business venture, andone with great potential for further development. Bidding for the group’s three shopping centres hasbeen brisk, and has attracted a dozen first roundbids, with all three property groups bidding morethan €135million for the entire portfolio, withMillfield being valued at around €40 million.A spokesperson for Nama told the County Leader,“It is part of Nama’s plan to have a pipeline oflarge portfolios of Irish property assets availablefor the market.” Many will interpret this as a verypositive sign, that we are finally emerging from theeconomic straight jacket that has disabled us forso long.

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A Quail Of A TimeFor Local SchoolAs part of a uniqueschool project, thestaff and students ofSt Patrick’s JNS,Corduff recentlywelcomed 12 quaileggs into their school,and tended to themuntil they hatched intovery cute (and veryfluffy) quail chicks.Teacher, ElizabethMcHugh told theCounty Leader howthis special projectcame about:“Each month, thetheme for our OralLanguage lessonsvaries and the themefor these in June was‘The Farm’. The JuniorInfants also had aschool tour to

Newbridge Farm inDonabate, so I wasdetermined to bringthe topic to life withinthe classroom for thechildren,” sheexplained.“While brainstormingabout what animalscould we possiblyaccommodate for ashort period, I wasgiven the contactdetails of SheilaBurns, who suggestedthat we house quaileggs instead of hens’as these chicks hatchwithin a shorterperiod, in just 16 days.The children (and moreso the staff) could nothave been more enthu-

siastic about ourexciting project,” shecontinued.Finally, on June 13th,the school witnessedthe hatching of theirfirst, little quail chicknamed Poppy Cian.According to the chil-dren, he was “slimy atfirst but soon turnedinto a beautiful ball ofyellow fluff!” The

following day, anotherseven chicks hatchedto bring the total toeight, while four of theeggs remainedunhatched. “The chil-dren had great fun andlearnt loadsthroughout the entireproject, and now thechicks have gone to anew home,” Elizabethconcluded.

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Pictured here are the quail chicks, which hatched in StPatrick’s JNS in Corduff.

New Malahide Cycling Centre Set To ExpandA new local-based busi-ness, which played a keyrole in last month’s Girod’Italia, is set for expan-sion this summer.The Irish Centre forCycling, supported by thenewly established FingalLocal Enterprise Office(LEO), is planning toemploy eight peoplebefore the end of the

year. Based at MalahideCastle, the companyprovides a dedicatedprofessional service tocyclists, including cyclerentals, package toursand safety training.Offering a ‘CyclingExperience’, the service isaimed at individuals,families, schools andcorporate groups.

Established in May, theIrish Centre for Cyclingwas responsible for logis-tics of the country’s first-ever Women on Wheelscycle, the only officialGiro d’Italia charity cycle.A fun 22km cycle, whichcovered the last 10km ofthe Dublin stage of the2014 Giro Cycle d’Italia,the event attracted over300 women cycliststhrough the city centre. The company is alsolaunching a series of chil-dren’s Summer CycleCamps in July andAugust, aimed at 8-13year olds. Oisin Geoghegan, Headof Fingal Local EnterpriseOffice welcomed thecompany’s plannedexpansion, and told theCounty Leader: “The IrishCentre for Cycling inMalahide is providing aunique service in agrowing niche industryand having spotted theopportunity, is devel-oping a business thatdelivers in terms of whatthey offer and how theyoffer it. Bringing a newbusiness idea to fruitionis no easy matter, butthrough keen vision anda positive attitude, this isa business with signifi-cant growth potential,both in terms of salesand local jobs,” he said.

Pictured here are Patrick Cherry, Chief Operations Officer, Irish Centre for Cycling, Ministerfor Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, Paul Reid, Chief Executive, FingalCounty Council and Oisin Geoghegan, Head of Fingal Local Enterprise Office.

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After a lot of work over the past 12months, St Teresa’s primary school inBalbriggan raised their 4th Green Flagrecently. The flag was awarded forSustainable Travel in which the schoolsets their own travel targets, with theultimate aim of increasing the numberof pupils walking, cycling, park ‘n’stride, carpooling or using public trans-port, which will ease congestion byreducing the number of private carsarriving at the school gates. This followsa year of hard work by the school. LastSeptember, the school set a newcommittee up and running, so theywould be prepared for the task ofearning another flag. They eagerlyplanned and participated in many

different activities, for example, theyheld a Golden Boot competition eachmonth during the winter season in 2013to see which class was best at coming toschool using a sustainable form oftransport. The flag was officially raisedby local councillor, Gráinne Maguire(NP), who deputised for the new CountyMayor. She praised the pupils in St.Teresa’s as “Champions of theEnvironment.” The pupils have alsobeen busy fundraising for anotherworthy cause, and recently sixth classpupils raised almost €1,000 for theMolly McNally Trust when they held aSale of Work in the school. The boysand girls specifically requested that themoney raised be given to the trust.

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Brian Sealy, SwordsI’ve never really given it much thought. As long as it’s the best person forthe job. Women tend to be more level headed than men. I wouldn’t beupset if there were more women or anything. I think the reason there’s notas many women in the Dail, is because normal working class women onlystarted working 50 years or so ago, so maybe in thefuture there will be more women.

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Bernadette Gibbons, SwordsNo. I think people just don’t vote for the women. There are a couple of

female politicians who are fairly good. There should be more of achoice.

Roisin Meade, SwordsWell it’s always been like that hasn’t it? I meanwomen haven’t been really involved in politics,probably because there’s just not a lot ofinterest.

Mary Howard, MalahideI don’t think so, there should be more.

I think it shows it’s a man’s world.

Jackie Kelly, BalbrigganNo definitely not. I think it’s harder for them, when they’re not encouraged to stand. But I mean, modern women have no excuse now,it’s time to start standing up.

Catherine McDonagh, SwordsThere’s only a small amount, it’s just so hard to work your way up in

politics. I think it’s a world wide thing.

Michael Gleeson, SwordsNo definitely not. I think a lot of women probably just have a lot of

commitments already, with family, and can’t come forward to partici-pate in the Dail. But there is a slight change

now with equality. There’s a lot more womengoing forward with it now.

Sandra Crosbie, SwordsOh no, we need more. In all fairness, I have no interest in politics, but Ithink the more women that we have out there, the better. We shouldpush all the men out to shut them up.

Tom Noone, Dublin 9 No. It’s totally unbalanced. I’ve only got one reservation, that politi-cians, as far as I’m concerned, only look after themselves. Man orwoman they do the same. There isn’t a fair representation of womengenerally in the country in any perspective.

Lee Robinson, SwordsNo. I’m not sexist, I think there should be an equal amount. It’s a lot

harder for women to get into politics. A few of the women that are in,don’t really do justice for the ones coming up.

Seán O’Reilly, SwordsNo. I would say, it’s just more difficult for them because of their

circumstances with families. I just think overall there’s a differentculture for men in politics.

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Linda Jago, SwordsNo I don’t. I think most of the voters probablyjust vote for the men. I mean I’d vote for the women.

Kevin Barron, RushI think it’s just a case of, if women want to get into the Dail, they needto push themselves, rather than there’s not enough women. There’snot enough capable people in the Dail. If they’re women, it’s handy,but it doesn’t really matter what gender they are, as long as they canrun the country.

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year,” he said. “Newjobs are alwayswelcome and I wouldurge anybody in theNorth County who isinterested in a careerwith Dublin Bus toapply. This is the firstmajor recruitmentdrive by Dublin Bussince 2008 and it

signifies the greatnews that passengernumbers areincreasing on DublinBus services.”“To be eligible for oneof these positions, allapplicants must hold avalid and full category‘D’ driver’s licence anda valid Certificate ofP r o f e s s i o n a lCompetence, CategoryD,” Farrell concluded.

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It’s time get your shortson, and barbecues out,because summer’sfinally here. However,before we can do that,many of us haverealised how badly wemay have neglected ourgardens over the winterand spring. Big orsmall, turning yourgarden into an oasisdoesn’t have to be a bighome improvementproject. Luckily, for thelate bloomers, it’s stillnot too late to reviveyour garden, so you canmake the most of youroutdoor space thisyear.

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Begin your garden tidy-up with the basics,mow the lawn for aclean surface andweeds should beplucked before theyseed and run riot. Dampsoil makes it mucheasier to pull youngweed seedlings. Don’ttry to compost weeds.They’ll come back tohaunt you. Also, becareful not to disruptyour flower roots, bydigging too deep, ifweeding close by. Onceall the weeds havebeen hoed, spray weedkiller all over the bed.Most of what you cleanup can go into yourcompost pile. A weedbarrier, which you canfind at your local hard-ware store, is a rela-tively cheap and easyoption to preventweeds from growingback in your plant beds,making your gardenlow maintenance. Laydown what is simplyjust black felt over thebed, and you’ll find thisblocks the light whichallows the weeds togrow. You can still plantyour flowers which stillgrow after cutting holesinto the felts. Finally,finish off by decoratingthe bed with maybesome wooden chip-pings, soil or pebbles.When it comes to thepaving in your garden,pull the weeds frombetween the cracks thatmay have grown. It isrecommended youdon’t finish last year’sweed killer, as it tendsto be less effective.Invest in a brand newformula for the bestresults this summer.

Plants And Flowers

Prepare some space foryour plants andflowers, and stock up

on your pots. TheNorth County has awide variety of lovelygarden centres andmarkets. You may findplant bulbs arecheaper to buy. With alittle soil and compost,plant these in yourpots, moving them toground when theysprout. If you’re notsure on care, instruc-tions are usually

written on thepackage. Staff atgarden centres arealways happy toanswer any questionsyou have, so don’thesitate to askanything you’re notsure about. These areyour plants and yourgarden, so ensure youare confident with allthe details of how togrow and nurture themto last. Colourful

perennials are theperfect summer plantthat will spring yourgarden to l ife thisseason. Set them inplace, and with theright care, you shouldsee them through thisseason. For mostplants, i f you haverich, healthy soil, allyou should need to dois a bit of top dressingwith compost, manure

or a complete slowrelease organicfertiliser. If you preferusing syntheticferti l isers, you canstart applying it onceyour plants showsigns of new growth. Ifyou’re lucky enough tohave last summer’sflowers spring up onceagain, maintain themby simply feedingthem plant nutrients,and perhaps clip a few

dead leaves to revivethem. Trees andshrubs are good allyear round plants tohave in your front orback garden. For mini-malist gardens, dressthem in decorativeplant pots. They makegreat statementpieces in the corner.

Grow Your OwnVegetables

Use this summer tobegin something weall push to the back ofour l ists each year.Grow our own herbs.They’re always usefulto make some nicetasteful dishes,perhaps to go withyour own, home-grown vegetables.Herbs are arguably theeasiest to buy, growand look after. Youcan purchase someseeds at low cost fromyour local gardeningcentre. Start off small,by looking after a fewherbs such asRosemary, Chives, andThyme on your kitchen window sill.When you feelprepared to expand,delve into the world ofsummer and wintergreens; Kale,Cabbage, andLettuces, the list is endless.

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Good News For LocalProperty OwnersA recent report revealing that house pricing aroundthe North County has risen by almost 10 per cent inthe last six months, will be met most positively bylocal homeowners who are in currently negativeequity. According to a national survey carried out byReal Estate Alliance (REA), the average price of athree-bed semi in the North County has risen by9.41 per cent in the first six months of 2014, and theprices are set to continue to stay on the up, saysJohn Cumisky from REA Cumisky in Balbriggan. As well as providing much relief to local home-owners who fell victim to the economic crash, andsaw their house values drop dramatically, this alsoconfirms that the North County is one of the mostdesirable places in Ireland to set up home, as thereport states there is a “strong demand for familyhomes in the North County, with demand faroutstripping supply.”“I don’t see any reason why these prices won’tcontinue to rise, I can see them increasing further bythe end of the year if I’m honest, which is reallypositive news for those currently in negativeequity,” Cumisky told the County Leader. This isindeed excellent news for those that have beenstruggling for years, anxiously wanting their housesto increase in value, so that they might see a wayout of their negative equity. It’s also another posi-tive indication that our economy is on its way up. On the other side of the coin, the news may be metwith some dismay to those looking to purchase afamily home due by the increase in prices, but thegeneral consensus is that this is ultimately a verygood thing, and will bring a sigh of much neededrelief to current property owners. “It’s true that there is a lack of family homes on themarket in the North County at the moment,”Cumisky continued. “But I do think that if we canget more of a steady supply of these homes on themarket, that this should help temper the prices.”On a local front, those in negative equity inBalbriggan will be thrilled to see that some houseprices have gone up by almost 20 per cent in thelast six months alone. “We’ve seen ourselves inBalbriggan for example, how the homes that areavailable, have steadily increased in price comparedto say December last year,” he said. “For example, ahouse in Balbriggan might have been sold late lastyear for around €60,000 to €70,000, is now retailingat say €110,000 to €113,000, which is around a 25per cent increase, and really is a dramatic jump inprice.” The report also stated that In the past year,the average time to sell a property has been halved,from 18 weeks to nine weeks today, and John saysthat this time can even be halved when it comes toproperties around the locality, which another posi-tive point for those eager to get their property soldas quickly as possible.

Graduation Night ForRush PupilsThe children in SixthClass in St Catherine’sNational School inRush had their gradua-tion night last week,which was enjoyed byall involved. Theevening was hosted byMichael and Amber,who introduced theprincipal Mr Ó Sé andclass teacher MsDeery. They spokeabout the wonderfulachievements of theclass over the pasteight years and espe-cially this year. Theymentioned one or two particular high-lights, including the time the class were invited to theAmnesty InternationalAmbassador ofConscience awards andmet Malala and HarryBelefonte, when they

visited the IrishNational Heritage Parkin Wexford, the launchof their Fighting Wordsshort story collection,and their visit to DelphiAdventure Centre inGalway. Many were onthe school team thatwon the cricketLeprechaun Cup, whichwas another veryproud achievement forthe school. The chil-dren spoke themselvesof their memories fromtheir first day to manytrips, developing theirtalents and makinggreat friends over theyears in St Catherine’s.It was a great eveningwith for all the childrenand their families withthe Parents’A s s o c i a t i o nproviding refreshmentsafterwards.


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and lifelong associa-tions have beenachieved by countlessboys over the years.This wonderful land-mark anniversary wascelebrated with a Massin Balbriggan ClubsCommunity Centre,Dublin Street,Balbriggan. A local mix

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Pictured are some of the younger members of Balbriggan scouts, as they prepare to cutthe celebratory cake, with Eddie Darcy and Chief of Scouting Ireland, Michael JohnShinnick

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Venture, up to a newgrade, Rover, and we’renow trying to establisha Fellowship Patrol,which involves olderscouts coming back.The hope is that theseolder members willcome back and spendsome time, and maybehave a meeting once aweek, or month andmaybe go on an outingand come back and talkto the beavers, cubsand scouts, and puttheir experience acrossto the youngermembers,” he said.Eddie spoke about thegreat advantage thatbeing a scout bringswith it. Young lads getto interact with chil-dren of their own age,learn new skills, likehow to cope whenthey’re out in the greatoutdoors, have plentyof new experiences andtake on challenges. Theactivities are differentto all the digital gamesand so on, that a lot

would play nowadays,which I think appealsto the kids.”“I also think thedifferent scouting activ-ities give them achance to do thingsthat they might notnecessarily be allowedto do otherwise, likelighting fires andthings, so there’s a lotof fun involved.” Thegroup participates in avariety of differentactivities, such as campcraft, orienteering,survival skills, as wellas the more traditionalactivities, so there isdefinitely something

Pictured prior to the Mass to celebrate 85 years od scouting in Balbriggan, are Rev FrEugene Taaffe (PP), Balbriggan Chief Scout, Eddie Darcy, Fr Gerry Byrne (a former scout)and David Smith

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for all ages to getinvolved in. The 34th/161stBalbriggan ScoutGroup is thriving at themoment, with over 150in the group, includingbeavers, cubs, scoutsand ventures androvers. Eddie became Scoutleader back in the1960s and recalledfondly, the first foreigncamp that Balbrigganscouts undertook. “Itwas to Waddicar inEngland in 1967. We

then went to Germanyfor a few jamborees,along with theDrogheda scouts, as acombined effort. Ourtroupe also went toLourdes in 1958, for thecentenary celebrationsof the famouspilgrimage site.”Balbriggan scouts wereestablished in February1929, by Canon Hickey,Charlie Gallen,Nicholas Heeney, CyrilCummins and TonyMcGann. Eddie remem-bers being at the 25th,

50th, 75th, 80th andnow the 85th anniver-sary celebrations.Eddie also recalledjoining in 1946. “I wasonly 10, but you had tobe 11 to join at thattime. I was broughtdown by two lads fromDrogheda Street, NickyByrne and NoelWherity, who asked meif I wanted to join. I hadto ask my mother andthe rest is history,” hesaid.He says the idea ofbeing a member of ascout group, even atthat young age, alwaysappealed to him: “I’dalways liked the wholeidea of being a scout, “Ialways loved thatsense of adventure Igot from being ascout,” he said. “I thinkit’s a great way to forkids to build up char-acter as well asteaching them somefantastic skills.” Eddie says that therehasn’t been anychanges in scoutingover the years, and anychanges that havetaken place have beenfor the better. Thesame core activities arethere, like hiking andcamping, first aid,mapping and usingcompasses. It’s theexact same, maybepeople change, but

scouting neverchanges. What I noticetoday is that there area lot more youngpeople involved now,than years ago, whichis fantastic to see.” Heis delighted that someof his grandchildrenare also scouts. “It’sgreat that I canencourage the grand

kids, and I love seeingthem get the sameenjoyment out of it as Idid as a young boy.”In the early days, thescouts had a den onMarket Green in thetown, and eventually,they progressed to anew den in 1987, wherethey are today. It cost alot of money to

Chief Scout, Michael John Shinnick presents the Lifelong Service to Scouting Award toAngela Morgan. Also pictured is Balbriggan Chief Scout, Eddie Darcy Pictured is David Smith receiving his award from the Chief Scout of Scouting Ireland,

Michael John Shinnick, with Balbriggan Scout leader, Eddie Darcy


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decorate, but luckilythey received a grantfrom the lottery, whichhelped to solve thatproblem.Some of the highlightsfor Balbriggan scoutsover the years includeparticipating in the2011 World Jamboree inSweden, which hadthousands of scoutsattend. This was agreat experience for all,and something whichwill have long lastingmemories for allconcerned.Balbriggan scouts havea promise and a law. Allthe kids stick to theirpromise and all that isasked of them, is to dotheir best and tobehave themselves, to

be good citizens and towear the uniform withpride. Learning theskills gives youngscouts a great sense ofresponsibility and arespect for people. Thissense of decency, issure to stand them ingood stead, as theynavigate themselvesthrough the choppywaters of life.There is no doubt thatthis excellent organisa-tion is going fromstrength to strength,and it’s longevity is atestament to the tire-less work put in bymany dedicated peopleover the past 85 years,and we look forward tomany more anniver-saries to come.

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‘Best in Fresh’ is the latest nationalaward claimed by Moriarty’sSuperValu, a long standing winnerof top accolades for the very highquality of food, service,and hygiene in the locallyowned store.Presented to JamesMoriarty at a gala awardsceremony in the FourSeasons Hotel, in Dublin,the annual Best In FreshAwards organised byCheckout Magazinehonour best practice in thesupply and sale of freshproduce. Moriarty’sSuperValu received the topaward for its great newrange of freshly preparedmeals, ‘Moriarty’s Fresh’.Practically a home-cookedmeal, and incrediblyconvenient, the super-market kitchen preparesfreshly made meals every

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DAA Reviews Pensions ArrangementsThe Expert Panel, established to carry out an investigation of how a final resolution of the industrial relationsissues relating to the Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (IASS), has recently issued a report to its sponsors.These include the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation,IBEC and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU). The Report has also been given to DAA. This follows extensiveengagement by the company and other stakeholders with the Expert Panel over recent months to try to secure acomprehensive resolution of pension issues at the company. DAA will review the Report in detail and revert to theExpert Panel as appropriate. “It remains a priority for DAA to resolve the long-standing, complex issues that haveimpacted the IASS pension scheme and to establish new, soundly-based pension arrangements for the benefit ofall DAA Group employees,” said a spokesperson for the DAA.


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Brian Kavanagh won the €100 Swords Pavilions Gift Cardfor the Crazy Father’s Day Golf in the Pavilions. Brian ispictured here with his daughter, Sara and PavilionsMarketing Manager, Deirdre King

You can’t alwaysdepend on an IrishSummer, but you canalways depend onSwords Pavilions!Swords Pavilions haverecently opened theirfree Summer Club forchildren up to 10 years.The club will run for allof July and August. Each day of the week,from Monday to Friday -2pm to 4pm there willbe different activities forchildren to come alongto. Entertainment willinclude Circus Skills,Board Games, Cupcakedecoration, wizardschool, dancing, flowerarranging, Fashion work-shops, Bingo, puppetryworkshop and even apet zoo.

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JulyEventsFor LocalFolk ClubThe Fingal Folk Clubhave a couple of specialnights coming up overthe next couple ofweeks. On Friday 4thJuly, in honour of their‘Independence’ cele-brations, they will behosting an Americannight of music and songwith songs from BobDylan, Neil Young, JoanBaez, Garth Brooks,Neil Diamond and theKing himself, Elvis. Thispromises to be a greatnight of fun and enter-tainment, and all arewelcome to come andjoin in.Then on Friday 25thJuly, the singers fromthe club will beperforming a song fromevery county in Ireland.“This was a spectacularshow last year whenperformed it as we got

all the singers to weartheir county colours,”Ronnie from the FingalFolk Club said. “Concerts start at 8pmsharp and end about10.15pm. There is a feeof €5 for adults, whichincludes refreshments.”Prospective performerscan contact the secre-tary on 085-1743748 ifthey are interested ingetting involved. Allconcerts take place in StPatrick’s Hall inBallyboughal on thefirst and last Friday ofeach month.

Art Exhibition In RushThere will be an exhibition of local artist EileenKeelan’s work in Rush library on the 7th to the 29thJuly. It will be opened from 5pm to 7.30pm on the 7thand everyone is welcome to come along. “The title ofthe exhibition is “Nature reclaims” and is a personalinterpretation of nature and the local landscape. Iwill have some representational and abstractpieces,” explained Eileen, who is from Rush herself.

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Continued from page 1Tolan also suggested that the localauthority should consider somerelief for hard-pressed businesses.“There should be some relaxationin parking feesin the town forthe duration,and we arehoping that theCouncil will giveat least onehour’s freeparking duringthis time, asmany free carparking spacesare being takenup by the work,especially at theChurch car park.It was also suggest that thereshould be a rates reduction, whichthe chamber would stronglysupport,” he concluded.Cllr Murphy welcomed the works asessential for the town, but warnedthat speed was of the essence. Hetold the County Leader, “It is imper-ative that these works are carriedout as quickly as possible. There

should be no delay in delivering thisproject, as a means of savingmoney. Ideally, it should be finishedas soon as possible, otherwise thereal burden of cost will fall on the

people ofBalbriggan,” hesaid. A spokespersonfor Irish Watertold the CountyLeader, “FingalCounty Council,on behalf of IrishWater, confirmthat work hascommenced as anecessary partof infrastructuralworks related tothe Dublin Road

Pumping Station Project.“Each set of works will take approxi-mately six weeks. The much neededDublin Road Pumping Stationproject will provide the ability todeliver modern sewage infrastruc-ture that will serve the area well intothe future and provide capacity forfuture economic growth,” the state-ment concluded.

Huge Balbriggan DrainageProject Underway

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A new working group has beenformed in Rush in recent weeks tocampaign for an additional play-ground in the town. The RushPlayground Group recently held apetition signing day and gatheredover 500 signatures in one after-noon. The stack of signatures gath-ered, certainly shows that thedemand is there from the people ofRush, and the petition can still besigned in Rush Community Centre.The group met with five of ourlocal representatives this week,including local councillors MalachyQuinn (SF) and JP Browne (FG),and were delighted with the adviceand support that they received.The councillors have agreed to

table a motion before the CountyCouncil in July.The group have also sought advicefrom the Swords NeedsPlayground group, who haverecently succeeded in delivering aplayground and an all-weatherpitch in Swords. Majella Graingerfor the Rush group told the CountyLeader: “We are very grateful fortheir valuable help to date andhope Rush can achieve similarresults to Swords.” The nextmeeting for the busy group is onthe 23rd of July at 8pm in RushCommunity Centre and is open toall. In addition, you can contact thegroup should you wish to getinvolved.

Locals Want Playground In Rush

Pictured at the recent Rush Playground meeting are working group members, Cllr BarryMartin, Matt Henry, Cllr Brian Dennehy, Tom Larkin, Cllr Gráinne Maguire, Karina Russell,Majella Grainger, Deirdre McMenamin, Cllr Malachy Quinn and Cllr JP Browne

Local Schools To ReceiveScience Excellence AwardsFive schools in the North County are to be awarded withthe Discover Primary Science and Maths award (DPSM).Holywell ETNS and St Cronan’s JNS in Swords, OliverPlunkett’s National School, Balrothery, Balbriggan ETNSand Naul National School, are among the 86 schools inthe North County and Dublin to receive these esteemedawards. All schools involved engaged in hands onscience and maths activities, visits to discover centresand hosted or attended various science events. TheMinister of State for Research and Innovation SeanSherlock, told the County Leader, “It is extremelyencouraging to see schools in the local area embracethe DPSM programme.” The award which acts as anincentive to engage young children around the area, inthe academic subjects, also teaches them core skillswhich are useful later on in life such as critical thinking,analysing and estimating.” The Excellence Squad, apanel of Ireland’s best scientists, have been visitingschools around the North County, where pupils havebeen learning about anatomy, physiology, medicalphysics and mathematics. The programme appears tobe extremely successful, as they celebrate their 10thanniversary this year.

Balbriggan student, Ayub Noor Beshir has been chosen asthe recipient of one of this year’s Paddy Wright MemorialScholarships from Dublin City University. Ayub is origi-nally from Eritrea, but has been living in Balbriggan forthe past nine years. He is pictured here receiving hisaward from DCU President, Prof. Brian MacCraith, andtrustee Mary Shine Thompson.

Annual Field Day At Ring CommonsThe Ring Commons Sports Centre Annual Field Day will take place onSunday, 13th of July starting at 2:00pm. There will be numerous events onthroughout the day including: sports and games for all ages, JumpingCastles, Pony Rides, Face Painting, a Ducking Chair, Baby Show, Bingo,and lots more! The day promises to be fun for all the family, and admissionis free! Due to health and safety, no dogs are allowed on the day.


Continued from page 1Very often these mothers have been directed bysocial welfare to apply for maintenance, and if thefathers do not turn up at the court, then a benchwarrant will issue, which causes further costs tomount up for the courts system and ultimately theexchequer,” he said.“Blanchardstown is not best served by either rail,Luas or bus services. The legal difficulties a defen-dant will face, may pale into insignificance comparedwith the logistical nightmare of attempting to getfrom Balbriggan, in particular, to Blanchardstown for10.30 am on a Monday morning, using only publictransport. As appears to be standard practice it is theleast well off who will be worst affected by theproposed axing of the District Courts,” he said.“It is not clear whether the courts service have fullycosted the effects of the closure of the District Courtsin Swords and Balbriggan. In addition it is likely thatthe responding person may not take the time totravel, which will result in the issuing of a benchwarrant, further delays and costs to the Court and theGardai, and to the person seeking the relief from theCourt.”The closure also affects the District Court office, onBridge Street in Swords, near the courthouse, wherestaff will be relocated to the Criminal Courts of Justicein Parkgate Street, and some to Dolphin House. Manyof the staff here live in the Balbriggan area, which is agreat inconvenience, in terms of cost and otherconsiderations.Both Shannon and McGowan said that, “it is to behoped that we do not now live in a market society,where everything is measured by its price and not itsvalue. These ill-considered reforms to the DistrictCourt bear all the hallmarks of penny wise, poundfoolish, and will put the family, criminal and civilsystems in Dublin city centre under severe pressure,if enacted.”

Court ClosuresCondemned

Locals Urged To BeAware Of Vehicle Frauds Garda Kate Brennan from Balbriggan Garda Station isurging residents around the North County to be extravigilant when it comes to the buying and selling of vehi-cles, either from a seller or through online websites. “Several instances have been reported to Gardaí in rela-tion to many scams regarding this to date,” she told theCounty Leader. “Fake bank drafts are being given tobuyers and sellers when purchasing cars. These arethen being re-sold quickly, before they can be tracedback to them. Already this year, there have beenapproximately 24 of these cases, this is more than thetotal of 21 in all of last year 2013.” “Gardai are urgingthe local public to take the necessary precautions whenbuying or selling cars privately,” she continued”. Takeprecautions, such as getting the details of the bankdraft in advance to check it’s legitimate, avoid buying acar in a car park, and don’t trust the sale if the seller isunwilling to provide details for verification.”

Family Notices

Dixon1st Anniversary Occurs July 6th

Elaine,Late of 13 Castleview Rise

Swords

We thought of you with love todaybut that is nothing new

we thought about you yesterdayand the days before that toowe think of you in silence,we often speak your name,all we have are memories

and your picture in a frame

We hold you closewithin our hearts,

And there you shall remain,To walk with us

throughout our lives,Until we meet again.

Love AlwaysMam & Dad

XXX

An Eternal Memory Of ASadly Missed Sister

To lose someone as dear as youbrought sorrow and much painand I’d give everything I have

to see your smile again,For you were really wonderful as special as could beand I miss you so much because you meant a lot to

meBut all the love I have for you

will never go awayand Sister dear, I do believeWe’ll meet again some day.

Love and miss you alwaysSisters Avril and Amanda

God-daughter Erica and Nephew DanielXXX

Mass will be held inSt. Sylvesters Church, Malahide

12 midday 6th July 2014

ELAINE DIXON

HOGAN

Patricia “Laurie” HoganLate of 27 Curran Park

Whose 81st birthday occurs on 7th July6th birthday away from home.

There is a star in heavenThat shines so very bright

It’s our mother LaurieSending down her guiding light.

We had a mother in a millionThat we never would deny

It broke our hearts the day she leftWe did not want to say goodbye.

We are so proud to call you motherWe know we have been blessedTo have a mam like you were

To us you’ll always be the “best”.so Father up in heaven above

Hold this wonderful mam we loveEnfold her in your loving care

Until we can all be with her there.

Happy Birthday Mam

Love & miss you alwaysUntil we meet again

You’re sons & daughters, grand-childrenGreat-grand-children & all who love you.

Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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10.45am Sunday 6th July

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DOCKRELL, Dympna, (Portrane Road,Donabate), June 22nd, 2014 (peacefully) at St.Mary’s Hospital. Deeply regretted by herloving nephews Gerry and Colm, relatives andfriends. Rest in Peace.

JOYCE, Patrick (Swords), June 22, 2014 atBeaumont Hospital; deeply regretted by hisloving wife Rose, daughters Jackie andSiobhan, sons Patrick and John-Paul, grand-children Jordan, Ryan, David and Toni,brothers, sisters, relatives and friends. Rest inpeace.

DAVIS, Peter (“Cluain Mhuire”, KillhedgeLane, Lusk) June 20, 2014 (peacefully), in theloving care of Lusk Community Unit, late ofFingal County Council; deeply regretted byUna and family and his many close friends.Rest in peace.

DALY , Nicholas (Nicky) (Hampton Cove,Balbriggan, Co. Dublin) deeply regretted byhis loving wife Dorothy, children Paul, Andrew,Laura, Brian and Grace. Much loved grandchil-dren Ailish, Aaron and Niamh. His brother,sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces,nephews and his dear friend Pat McCormack.Rest in peace.

KYLE, Nee Quigley, 19th June, 2014, (Skerriesand Late of New Zealand) peacefully after along illness, borne with the utmost courageand dignity, Órla, beloved wife of Kenny, anddevoted mother of Chloe and Tia, daughter ofBrigid, and the late Jim, (Quigley), loving sisterof Edel, (Gartland), granddaughter ofMargaret, (Carolan), very sadly missed by herloving family, relatives, the Kyle family andmany friends. Rest in peace.

COSGROVE (nee Cronin), Ina, (Malahide, Co.Dublin and late of Cork), 25th June 2014,peacefully amongst family and in the care ofstaff in Beaumont Hospital. Beloved wife ofthe late Raymond. She will be sadly missed byher loving daughter, sons, brothers, grandchil-dren, great-grandchild, relatives and friends.May she rest in peace.

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Cricket VictoryFor Rush SchoolSt. Catherine’s National School in Rush won theLeprechaun Cup for the first time defeating St.Matthews N.S of Irishtown at Rush Cricket Club lastweek. St. Catherine’s won the toss and elected tobat with Nathan Maguire and Andrew Dohenyopening the batting. This was to be a fruitful part-nership, as both boys retired not out after animpressive display of batting.Doheny anchored the St.Catherine’s innings asNoman Shahid and Rihards Irkis were dismissedearly by R Tobin and J Forbes; however a highnumber of wides swelled the St. Catherine’s totaland the Rush side were happy to set a target of 131runs to St. Matthews. St. Matthew’s needed a quickstart but two early wickets by Andrew Doheny andanother by Louis Mbikakeu were significant dents totheir prospects of winning the trophy. Doheny wasin superb form and claimed two more wickets toeffectively end the game as a contest. NomanShadid, Rapha Diamond-Ebbs, Chloe Maguire, andJoel Adusei added more wickets to complete thevictory. The Rush school’s Team Captain, NomanShahid, collected the trophy amidst much jubilation.This was a fantastic tournament victory for St.Catherine’s whose school community can be veryproud of the team’s achievement.


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Fingal County Council We, Swords Promotional Leisure Activitiesintend to apply for permission for thecontinued use of the existing temporarymarquee structure for a period of 6months. Continued use to be as familyentertainment centre with ancillarysignage as previously granted temporarypermission under Reg RefF13A/0151, at this site address: MalahideRoad, Swords, Co. Dublin.The Planning Application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of makinga copy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during its public opening hoursand a submission or observation may bemade to the Planning Authority in writingon payment of the prescribed fee withinthe period of 5 weeks beginning on thedate of receipt by the authority of theapplication.

Fingal County Council Permission is sought for the retention of aside gate and screen at 37a and c TheSquare, Skerries, Co. Dublin by DanielButterly.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of makinga copy at the offices of the planningauthority during its public opening hoursand a submission or observation may bemade to the authority in writing onpayment of the prescribed fee (20Euros)within the period of 5 weeks beginning onthe date of receipt by the authority of thisapplication

Fingal County Council Planning Permission is sought by MariaDunphy for a two storey rear extension, 2roof lights to rear roof, a solar panel arrayto the front roof and associated site worksat 3 St Patrick's Terrace, Donabate, Co Dublin.The Planning Application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of makinga copy at the offices of the PlanningAuthority during its public opening hoursand a submission or observation may be made to the PlanningAuthority in writing on payment of theprescribed fee within the period of 5weeks beginning on the date of receipt bythe authority of the application.

Fingal County Council I Neil Moran intend to apply for full plan-ning permission at this site 123 Pine RidgeBalbriggan Co.Dublin, for extension andalterations to existing dwelling.The planning application may beinspected or purchased at a fee notexceeding the reasonable cost of makinga copy at the offices of Fingal CountyCouncil, Fingal County Hall,MainStreet,Swords, Co Dublin, during thepublic opening hours 9.30-15.30 Mondayto Friday. A submission or observation inrelation to the application may be made inwriting to the planning authority onpayment of a fee of 20 Euro within theperiod of 5 weeks, beginning on the dateof receipt by Fingal County Council of theapplication.

Fingal County Council I, John Dunne, intend to apply for permis-sion for a development at No. 25Moylaragh Walk, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin.The development will consist of theconstruction of a single storey extensionto the side & rear of the existing twostorey dwelling, to include 2 no. rooflightsto the side & 2 no. rooflights to the rear &all associated site works. The planningapplication may be inspected orpurchased, at a fee not exceeding thereasonable cost of making a copy, at theoffices of Fingal County Council, PlanningAuthority, Fingal County Hall, Main Street,Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, during itspublic opening and a submission or obser-vation may be made to the PlanningAuthority in writing on payment of theprescribed fee within the period of 5

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Fingal County Council Planning permission is sought for singlestorey extension to rear and with new porchto existing bungalow “Greenfield”,Streamstown Lane, Malahide, Co. Dublin.Applicant: P & D Kelly. The planning application may be inspected, orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy, at the offices ofthe planning authority during its publicopening hours. A submission or observationin relation to the application may be made inwriting to the planning authority on paymentof the prescribed fee, €20, within the periodof 5 weeks beginning on the date of receipt bythe authority of the application, and suchsubmissions or observations will be consid-ered by the planning authority in making adecision on the application. The planningauthority may grant permission subject to orwithout conditions, or may refuse to grantpermission.

Fingal County Council WE Valerie and Neil O’Keeffe are apply forpermission at 11 South Strand Skerries CoDublinFor the demolition of existing porch area tothe front and the construction of a 2 story baywindow unit and single story glazed porcharea. Together with raising of existing ridgeby height by approx 450 mm , construction ofdormer unit to front roof area and 1 no. veluxtype window. Construction of 1 numberdormer unit to extended rear roof area and 2number velux type windows to provide atticlevel accommodation, proposed extension tofirst floor bedrooms at rear. Alterations toexisting windows openings and facadestogether with associated works in rear gardenThe planning application may be inspected orpurchased at a fee not exceeding the reason-able cost of making a copy, at the offices ofthe Planning Authority during its publicopening hours. A submission or observation in relation to theapplication may be made in writing to theplanning authority on payment of theprescribed fee (€20.00) within the period of 5weeks beginning on the date of receipt byFingal County Council of the application, andsuch submissions or observations will beconsidered by the planning authority inmaking a decision on the application. Theplanning authority may grant permissionsubject to or without conditions, or mayrefuse to grant permission.

Fingal County Council FURTHER INFORMATION Planning permissionsought by P & M properties at Palmer Road,Rush Co. Dublin. Planning Reference No.F13A/0442Significant further information/revised plans,in relation to the application have beenfurnished to the Planning Authority, and areavailable for inspection or purchase at a feenot exceeding the reasonable cost of makinga copy, at the office of the authority during itspublic opening hours. That submissions or observations in relationto the further information/revised plans maybe made in writing on payment of aprescribed fee, no later than 2 weeks afterreceipt of the newspaper notice and sitenotice with the planning authority.

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